Myers Briggs Descriptions:
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There are several different MMDI report formats, such as the personality radar report.
This diagram is an example only. Go to the radar report page and enter your MMDI code, to get your unique radar. If you would like to put your unique personality radar on your website or blog, follow the instructions at the bottom of the radar report page.
Myers Briggs Compendium
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This is an advanced report on type dynamics. It is a computer-generated report based on your responses to the MMDI questionnaire. As with all such reports, please note the caveat that personality reports are never 100% accurate. You therefore need to make a judgement about the accuracy and relevance of these results for you.
This report is based on your type being ENTP.
The term 'Type Dynamics' can refer to a number of things. In this report it refers to the order in which you prefer the eight function-attitudes. For an introduction to the topic, see our article on the dynamic model.
In the MMDI Basic Report, patterns of response to the MMDI questionnaire are matched against each of the personality types. The percentage scores reflect how close your responses are to the pattern for each type. Your results are listed, above right.
However, this Type Dynamics report takes a slightly different approach. Rather than pattern-matching, it just looks at the individual scores achieved for each of the function-attitudes.
These two approaches can produce different results if there are some Out-Of-Pattern Scores (OOPS). Your pattern of responses might match one personality type in the Basic Report. But 'OOPS', this report might come up with a different result! This is because, although both use the same information, it is being looked at in two different ways. This shouldn't be regarded as a problem: people are far more complicated than just one four letter code.
Whether the results from the two reports are the same or different, type dynamics can provide useful information. It can help, for example, in better self-understanding or improving relationships with others.
In the MMDI Basic Report your pattern most closely matched that of ENTP. The dominant function-attitude of an ENTP is Ne, and the auxiliary function-attitude is Ti. In the Type Dynamics analysis, your highest scoring function-attitude was Ne and the second-highest was Ti (see full table, above right).
So, comparing the two sets of results, we see that the two top-scoring function-attitudes, in the MMDI Type Dynamics analysis, are as expected in an ENTP.
Your dominant function is reported as Ne, Intuition oriented towards the outer world. You promote exploration of new and better ways of doing things, to uncover hidden potential in people, things or situations. You break new ground, and are often looking one step beyond the current situation to pursue unexplored avenues, until all the possibilities have been exhausted. You often challenge the status quo and experiment with the introduction of change, to see if the situation can be improved or new potential uncovered.
Your auxiliary function is reported as being Ti, introverted Thinking. You undertake objective analysis of the world around you. You produce mental models or explanations of how and why things happen.
There are some important differences between function-attitudes that appear at the top of the list and those that appear further down.
The first is consciousness. This isn't talking about whether you are asleep. Rather it refers to the degree of awareness of how parts of your own psyche are operating. The function-attitudes at the top tend to be conscious and the ones at the bottom unconscious.
The second is how active the function-attitude is. Those at the top tend to be active and creative, producing something. Those at the bottom tend to be passive, simplying noticing what is happening rather than making things happen. Perhaps, right at the bottom, they don't even notice things.
The third is how differentiated the function-attitude is. This refers to the extent to which that function-attitude has been separated from other functions and can be used separately. This is associated with the function-attitude being used in an 'abstract' way. This refers to the ability to consciously draw out - abstract - certain types of information from a situation that are relevant to that function and that function alone. Eg: Feeling abstracts things that are of value, Thinking abstracts the logical principles, etc..
In your type dynamics hiearchy, extraverted Thinking is moderately high on the list. You can see when things are badly organised and try to get things sorted when you can. This function-attitude is still relatively conscious and active, it is somewhat differentiated so you have some control over it and can be creative with it.
The same is also true to some degree of introverted Intuition. You think about what might be in the unknown.
You may also tend to notice, though not do a great deal about, immediate demands (what needs to be done urgently), as well as personal values and priorities. (This is because extraverted Sensing and introverted Feeling are in the middle area, between your conscious realm and the unconscious.)
We now start moving into the shadow parts of your personality. These are the parts that are difficult to see in yourself, though others may see them in you.
A function-attitude that is relatively unconscious for you is extraverted Feeling. This means that you may not pay enough attention to harmony and the feelings of others you deal with. As a result, you may be causing an emotional reaction in others without realising it. Also relatively unconscious is introverted Sensing. You may also not be paying enough attention to clarity of goals, information or communication. As a result, you may be miscommunicating with colleagues, or working towards different goals, and not even realising it!
There are some more caveats that should be placed on the above report.
As has already been stated, no personality questionnaire is 100% accurate, so the results of any report can be wrong. The value of the information above is in asking the question rather than giving an answer. Could this be true for you? Are there parts of it that act as a mirror to your personality?
Also, people are complex and individual. Sometimes generalised questionnaires like the MMDI work and are useful, other times they don't and the results should be discarded (using the horses for courses principle).
And there are lots of hidden assumptions in this report that may not hold true for you. For example, the assumption is made (above) that your preferred functions are more conscious and your non-preferred functions are unconscious. But we should note the words of Carl Jung, who produced the theory on which the Myers Briggs model of personality is based. He said, when talking about levels of self-awareness, that many people were unconscious and others have a high degree of consciousness. If you are one of those people, then the above report may not fit you very well, as it assumes an average position: that some parts of your personality are conscious and others unconsciousness.
If you want further information to help interpret the results, unfortunately we are unable to enter in to individual correspondence. However, there are various online forums where there are people knowledgable about type dynamics. There are also some excellent books that cover type dynamics (eg: 'Personality Type: An Owner's Manual' by Lenore Thomson Bentz). The best option, however, is to engage the services of a qualified practitioner for the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (or a compatible questionnaire).
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